元? 佚名 草書蘇軾詩 團扇|Calligraphy: Poem
Medium
Album leaf; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (26.4 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (39.4 × 34.3 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
China · Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
From the Collection of A. W. Bahr, Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.18.43b
Art Historical Context
This exquisite album leaf preserves a poem by the renowned Song dynasty scholar-official Su Shi (1037–1101), rendered in fluid cursive script on silk. Created during China’s Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), the work was originally painted on a round fan (anshan), a popular for personal and courtly gifts. The unidentifiedigrapher’s bold abbreviated strokes capture the energy of the caoshu style, transforming the compact fan surface into a dynamic field of movement and rhythm. Although the artist remains unknown, the piece reflects the Yuan period’s deep reverence for earlier literary giants like Su S...